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AIRF RCE June 2, 2016 LAC Haydon Turner kicks for a conversion against Army at the ADF Rugby Union Championships. Photo: CPL Casey Gaul Sp rt 23 Front rowers put best foot forwards CPL Max Bree AUSTRALIA was too classy for their Kiwi rivals, with the ADF side dominating the New Zealand Police Force to win 40-18 in a Rugby League Anzac test match in Newcastle on May 6. Both sides struggled for the upper hand in the opening 20 minutes before Australia piled on 22 unanswered points in the back end of the first half. ADF captain CPL Mitchell Knowles said it didn’t initially look to be a highscoring game. “It was a bit of an arm wrestle for the first 15-20 minutes until we got the first try and kept going from there,” he said. “After we got a few tries, they got a bit deflated and that fed our confidence.” Aussie dominance continued in the second half, with the lead stretching to 34-0 eight minutes in. The Kiwis cracked the Aussies’ defence later in the second half to put their first try on the board. But it was quickly answered when the Aussies made a line-break that led to a try under the posts. A late fightback by the Kiwis got them to 18 points before the final siren. Captain’s job caps it all off Winners aren’t the only grinners at rugby championships LEUT Kirsti Burtenshaw AIR Force’s SGT Brooke Saunders has been named captain of the triservice women’s squad after the ADF Rugby Union Championships in Brisbane. SGT Saunders’ appointment, along with the selection of six of her teammates in the squad, was a highlight of the championships for Air Force. “To have the opportunity of training and playing in a professional environment and for Air Force is an amazing experience,” she said. “But to represent the ADF in an international environment is an honour and a role I won’t take lightly.” Neither the men’s nor the wom- en’s teams were able to record a win at the event, at Ballymore Stadium from May 15-21, but the experience was invaluable for both sides. The championships were an opportunity for teams from all three services to not only train and play in a professional environment, but to play on a ground steeped in Australian rugby tradition. Air Force men’s coach SGT Andrew Gordon-Douglas said the lead-up training camp and the competition itself were “pivotal” to the development of Air Force players, coaches and officials. “Although it didn’t show on the results board, there were lots of positives to come out of the experience and that is priceless,” he said. Apart from SGT Saunders, the Air Force women to make the squad, which may tour the US this year, were OFFCDT Izzy AtkinsonSmith, SGT Debbie Grylls, FLGOFF Sarah Hume, FLTLT Stephanie Medcalf, FLTLT Katilyn O’Brien and LACW Brodie Stewart. The Air Force members selected in the men’s squad were LAC Tyson Kilmister and LAC Tagaloa Simon. The sport where you sink and swim COMPETING on a field or on the water’s surface, like most sportspeople, doesn’t suit FLTLT Stewart Parkinson, who prefers to take on competitors at the bottom of a swimming pool. Equipped with a snorkel, fins and stick FLTLT Parkinson competes in the oxygenstarved sport of underwater hockey, and was a member of the Australian team that won the world championships in South Africa in early April. More than 20 countries play the sport and FLTLT Parkinson, who has been playing for 20 years, said Australia constantly fielded strong teams. “Australians tend to be around the water doing a lot of fishing, diving or surfing, plus there’s pools all over the country. There’s also a whole bunch of our players who are … in the Australian spear-fishing team,” he said. The Aussies finished third in their quali- fying group at the world championships then beat France, 5-2, in their quarter-final. They blitzed Colombia, 4-0, in the semis then Turkey, 3-0, in the grand final. “I don’t think anyone expected the Turks to be as good as they were. They were really fast, big, physical dudes,” FLTLT Parkinson said. He said the other teams struggled with Australia’s “more open and spaced-out” style. But players need to worry about them- selves as much as the other team’s tactics during games. “It’s hard to be able to stay down for any more than 20 seconds,” he said. “It’s like trying to swim as fast as you can while holding your breath, taking a couple of breaths and then doing it again. You do that repetitively for 30 minutes. Veteran underwater hockey player FLTLT Stewart Parkinson is happy not to keep his head above water. CPL Mitchell Knowles breaks through the defence during the rugby league Anzac test against the New Zealand Police Force. Photo: SGT Shane Gidall “They were fast in the middle and fast out wide but they couldn’t match our skill,” front-rower AB Jimmy Ryan said. CPL Knowles credited the front row- ers with keeping the side moving up the field. “Without our forwards the scoreline would have been much different. Our forwards just dominated across the park,” he said. The game also gave the Australian side the chance to identify problems with their gameplay. “I was happy with our structure, defence and intensity. We just shut off a little in parts. We just need to play for the full match and not back off,” CPL Knowles said. “It was a bit disappointing we didn’t stop them at one try and they managed to get 18 points.” CPL Knowles said the Anzac test was also good preparation for future contests. “It’s a good lead-up to the World Cup next year. Hopefully we’ll get a few more games in between now and then,” he said. “Any time we can run together is always good for confidence and team cohesion.” TRANSPARENT NOVATED LEASING 1300 131 050 www.stratton.com.au